Carrier profile · USDOT 2536922 · MC-882281 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Continental Tank Lines LLC

56 power unitsavg 9.4 yrNational · 22 statesBROWNSVILLE, TX100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-882281 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksctlines.netFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 241 vehicle and 256 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

7.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 6.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

251 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 20

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
56
Inspections · 24 mo
256
Annualized
≈128 / yr
Coverage
≈2.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance59 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance57 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving38 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 12 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance26 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
2False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20242012
20231001
20223003
20211011
20201001
20191001
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 24, 2026OK00Yes
Jun 26, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 30, 2024TX01Yes
Aug 10, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 10, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 12, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 5, 2022AL00Yes
Sep 7, 2021TX04Yes
Sep 30, 2020TX00Yes
Aug 22, 2019TX00Yes
Dec 4, 2017IL00Yes